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Date: | Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:57:03 -0500 |
From: | Louis Kruger <lpkruger AT cs DOT wisc DOT edu> |
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Subject: | Re: hacked package on server |
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> > > As the package installed, I saw some strange behavior, I'm worried it > > might have been some kind of trojan. > > Are you able to actually describe "strange behaviour" It crashed the setup program, which seemed to indicate it was installing strangely named files. It also corrupted the cygwin package directory. I could not run the setup program again even using a different mirror until I cleaned out the file /etc/setup/vim.lst.gz. Your evidence seems to indicate that it is simple corruption rather than tampering. I am pleased to see that. Louis -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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